A mixed bag of weather today with periods of sun but mostly cloudy yet warm on a light NE>4.
Raggalds Flood at lunch time held 6 Mallard , 2 Pied Wagtails and the usual corvids and Woodpigeons with several Swallows low over the receding water and Swifts overhead.
Foxhill Park had busy skies at 1900hrs with 2 Kestrels hovering over the Grimston field, up to 30 Swifts high and >SE , 1 Lapwing also high and >SE, 4 LBB gulls >N and several corvids very high >W.
Collared Dove numbers are up with around 14 in the area.
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WEST YORKSHIRE BIRDING. BRIAN SUMNER. I am based at Queensbury and bird a patch within a 10 mile range of home incorporating 16 stretches of water, several plantations, a belt of woodland, stretches of river and canal and good areas of moorland. I specialize in upland birds, reservoir and sky watching. My local patch is Fly Flatts reservoir. Any reports can be sent by text or call to 07771 705024 or see profile for e mail address. All images on this blog are copyright.(2025).